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Show 1 1 j LOCAL JOTS. i .' I : i ' ""Will -you meet me at the Fountain to- ! ' S ; ni?ht?" "Well, not to-night; some other !' t, ';f: niht- "t Did you get onto Hudson'a pitching? And J , j ! what do you think of Tebsau and Dugdale f .j : ; 'I' for a team? I ; : S ,!'! The Olympic Gymnasium are negotiating I s' ' with Mr. Jenning3 for the elegant EmpDrium J . U Block hall. j : ; : ' The streets this week have assumed a more : : , business-like appearanoo than they have for J - ' j months past. ! ;' j i " . Dr. J. E. Thompson, over Hardy & Jeu- ' ! ; ' nings, has taken the dental parlors of Dr. ; ! I ; ! Sharp, removed. ' : , The pictorial and discriptivo print of the 1 H, j ; ; "Eag Baby" company was put on the bill- j l boards last night. i j J ' ' The Denver boys are all the rage. They I j : ' are a fine-looking lot of fellows and perfect ; 1 ;: . stunners at the bat. I jj S; The floor of the long veranda in front of 'i ; the Continental Hotel is being torn up and (' j replaced by a new one. I j I : A free-for-all skating contest will take 1 I V I i ' place in the Ogden rink to-night. The race I I ' ' js two miles, for a purse of $10. ; : f Bathing trains have been resumed to the f ', Lake until further notice, leaving the depot i here at 4:15 and arriving at 7:15. j ' Read & Co. have opened a stationary busi- f i ness under Carter's photograph gallery, i ; ; corner Third South and Main streets. ; The Tooele people have more fruit this vear than they know what to do with. Peaches are selling at CO cents per bushel. ! Ex-MayorJenningsissofarconvalescentas I'M to bs about again. He appeared on the : ; street to-day for the first time in many weeks. i ; Respectable ladies complain of insults re- ' ' ceived almost daily by knots of unprincipled ! : ; ; men who hold down the corners of Main j j ; ; . street. ! WellB, Fargo & Co. to-day received one car of Hanauer bullion valued at $3,150, and one : ! car Queen of the Hills, S!3,CO0. Total value, ; $6,750. i : ' To-morrow evening Mrs. General Banc ' will give an elocutionary and musical enter- ! tainment at Provo, by request of a number ; 1 of citizens of that town. Mrs. Prof. Lincoln of Provo, is in the city ; j! ; a guest of Mrs. Judge Boreman. Mrs. Lin- i ' : i coin is President of the Relief Corps G. A. ! :;' ' . . H, of this city, and was present at a meet- j j ing held here to-day. ; j5 The greengrocers say that wild game is j , : not bo high-priced as last year, and that it ! i , ' " sells but moderately well" this season. As i ; )' yet the weather i8 too warm to expose it for 1 , , buyerB. Ducks range from 75 cents to $1.50 f ; per dozen. ' -' ! Some plaoer mining is being quietly oar- ' 5 : ried oa in Bingham canyon by Italians, who j ' : are very quiet as to what result they are get- ' 1 tins, but their shipments of gold dust are 1 conclusive that they are making operations ; i pay. The gold mine of Dr. Hickman is be- ; ! ug put in fine shape, and sluioing so far ; F gives from 2 to $10 per dav to the man. t I- The Denver boys were escorted about the j city last evening by Captain West and soma ' twenty of the home players. At the Gym-i; Gym-i; i, nasium a lively exercise "was en joved by" all , ' of the Athletics. At Calder's, Profs. Krouse r' and Weihe treated the visitors to some fine : . j music, and the boys expressed themselves " ' j . pleased with their introduction to Zion. i : f Professor H. Hirsching announces through i : i . the Democrat this evening that he will open f his polytechnic institute in this city on the ! i ! 'I 1st of next month. Chemistry, metallurgy I ( and mining will be some of the principal studies, all of whioh Professor Hirsching is ; i thoroughly competent to teach, being prac- i , '; tisil ia evory branah. The institute wiil be " , an advance in the educational status of i Utah, and deserves success. : The box office of the Theatre opened this ! morning for the sale of seats for the Milton Nobles engagement. Nobles is qnite a fa- ' vonte with Salt Lakers, and the perform- t ances of "Love and Law," in which he ? opens to-morrow night, followed bv "The ; Phoenix" on Friday night, promises" to be f s largely attended. The best seats for to- morrow night were all gobbled up by 11 r o'clock, and seats for Friday night are sell- ! ' ing off lively. J f : on' 1 : 1 1 - About 3:30 this afternoon the jurv j. '. was completed in the Hopt case- an'd ji ', the testimony commenoed. John Turner, t ; t the father of the murdered boy, was the i , first witness "on . the stand. Mr. j Turner was giving his testimony as the Democbat went to press. .' The following constitute the jury: B. F. j Fitzgerald, John G. Labomnt, Oscar Wil- ' j kms, L. A. Schowill. Amos Gabott, Joseph t f Pixton, Richard Carlisle, J. B. Bringhurst. A. G. AdamBou, Elmer Pebles. I. P. Maylev ; f Miraw Skill. if- |